Earlier today, Indiewire posted the top ten lists of film and television from various film industry respondents, including mine. You may find my picks as well as the full list here.
As noted there, I’ve restricted my list to non-fiction as a counterbalance, since most of these sorts of year-end rankings tend to only begrudging include one or two documentaries and otherwise heap praise on fiction films. My picks are also limited to official releases in 2018.
Here are pointers to what I’ve written about my top ten feature and episodic nonfiction of 2018 on what (not) to doc previously. These are unranked and in alphabetical order, followed by a list of additional notable titles.
Top Ten:
306 HOLLYWOOD
AMERICA TO ME
BISBEE ’17
DISTANT CONSTELLATION
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
MINDING THE GAP
SHIRKERS
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
WILD WILD COUNTRY
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
Plus ten more notable docs of 2018:
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
FREE SOLO
GOOD LUCK
THE LAST RACE
LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE
LOVE, GILDA
MAKALA
OF FATHERS AND SONS
PICK OF THE LITTER
THE ROAD MOVIE
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